St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-15
NO. 1865.

Tor the senatorial sweepstakes. In the
recent deal it was tacitly agreed that
Langdon would join the Washburnl
forces as against the Pillsbury-Gilmanl
combination, but Mrs. Langdon is am
bilious and has induced the senator to
enter in his own name.
| At least five candIdateS.for senator.
| Long before the time comes the NUM-
Der will be thlnned down. The PONDER
GUS strength of Hennepin and Ramsey
counties, in filling the legislature, Will
offer in its control an abundant test of
strength that will show the candidates.
where they stand. provided they stands
| dispose of two of them -effectually and
bring new Richmonds into the field;i
while the scars OF the state fight, which
| Will then be Oy r, may scare up new
combinations alto. ther. This is long
way off, and the C. 4didates are only re-
| ferred to because tley or their friends
| have thrust it before the public.
Loren Fletcher has not yet been men,
| toned.
He is good for column all TO himself. I
He is either the most deep and nIysticali
or the most abused and maligned states-l
man within the limits of Minnesota
There has not been an official act of the
administration that has not in some
| quarter been traced to him, and not AM
| appointment which he has not been sup
posed to have dictated. He is even
credited with having written the mes
sage to the legislature urging the state
| reappOintment. Yet all this time he
has been sitting back in his office saving,
never word, and his friends claim het
and McGill are scarcely on Speakingi
terms. Whether McGill has been the
migrate to sting the hand that caressed
MIN no one seems to know, but the
part Loren Fletcher took in his NOM
ination is beyond dispute, and it isl
equally true that Fletcher's friends say
he has been badly treated by McGiH,
who was sensitive to newspaper COM
ment on the power behind the throne.i
However these things may be, there is
disposition on all sides to make.
Fletcher the party Scape goat and lay
upon his stout political shoulders all of
the shortcomings of the last campaign,
together with its critical ending. 1t is
even said the Pillsburys will join this
movement, ludicrous as it may seem.
The fable OF the pot and kettle is no<
where.
All this time Loren is quietly and se-
verely attending to his own business
Which is to go to congress next year
but probably not even Fletcher himself
ever saw the Fourth district in such
turmoil. The fact that the fort is now
held by Democrat on majority of
1900 does not in the least repreSS the
ambition of half dozen candidates, and
about a year from now if there is not
the prettiest fight on it will be clear
ease of millennium. Fletcher is pulling
the strings, and the singular part of il
is that he was anxious to have the dis
tchanged and ChiSago county thrown
out. to better his chances for the nOmi-
nation. Chisago has 500 Republican
majority, and the fact that he was will
ing to lose the vote to be rid of the dele
CATION, stands as monument to his
sublime faith. Last year he held
OF his hand, but he will
never do so again. His
friends have fallen away and his
strength is shaken to lettering condil
ton. Fayette Marsh. of Stillwater.who
has been the same faithful lieutenant to
Fletcher that he has to Sabin, will try
for the place himself. 81 have been
working for Fletcher long enough.n he
said, plaintively, "and ] am going to leg
for myself a little now.''
Not dangerous rival. but only one
of them. Albert SchefBeE, OF st. Paul.,
is to be in the field. He is not an openi
candidate, but will he there when the
time comes. No one denies or doubts
his strength, and he will certainly bel
able to hold down Ramsey county, even3
though II. B. Willis tapotber trusty
Fletcher man and now doublyI
indebted to him for political fa-'
Last year, when McGill posed as st.
Paul man and held piase on the cor
gressional committee, he surrendered it
to Willis, and the latter was one of
Fletcher's solid men. E. G. Rogers, of
st. Paul, made record in the last legis-
lature which will stand him in good
stead and make of him strong candi-
date. He wants to go to congress and
will enter the convention with new
broom. Then comes the rest of the
Minneapolis contingeDts. Capt. S. p.
Snider was startled from real estate
dream at Ashland by the exploding of
his little secret in the GLOBE some time
since. and he has spent no little time
trying to learn who gave away the in
formation that he was candidate for
congress. That was his little ambitionl
and he has not discarded il, though he,
would nightly like to know which of
the faithful five betrayed him. There
was disposition on the part of the
young Republicans to push Sam Hill for.
congress. He was young and rich and
was certain to make a hit as the cham
pion kisser of babies. But Sam would
have none of it and has set himself delib-
erately at work to convince Mart. B.
koon that it is his solemn and impera-
tive duty to announce himself as cam
didate. A billiard ball would rest OH
Sans head and Judge Koon would make
strong candidate.
The other districts are by no means
Quiescent.
The Fifth offers most opportunity for,
interest and speculation. That Nelson,
intends giving c. A. Gilman an open
field is generally conceded, and the ex-.
lieutenant governor considers that
equivalent to an election. But conf
dence comes easily with him. Senator
Buckman, of Benton, is quoted as say
ing: "Gilman will be candidate andt
Senator S. q. ComstOck, of MOorhead,
will beat him out of his boots" Buck-i
man lives very near Gilman, and this,
coming from him, is quite Significant.
ComSt0ck is rich and made his money
out of Manitoba right of way and town
sites. He could afford to put money!
into the canvass, which heightens his
eli gibility. G. +. Kindred, of Brainerd,
is also engaged in working up deal
whereby he may succeed Nelson.
The startling news comes from the
neighborhoOd of st. Peter that Gov. Me-
Gill, full of the knowledge that nobody
cOntemplateS a second term for him, is
quietly laying the ropes 10 be known as
Congressman McGill. This will be re-
garded by Lind as poaching on his pre-
serves, and will probably cause that
worthy Scandinavian -many nights of
sleepless misery.
Herbert, in the Third has given out
no indication of "a second wish to try
conclusions with Judge Macdonald, but
it is said A. +. Rice has two strings to
his bow, and in case his boom for gov
ernor flattens out, will make the rifle
for congress. He is making no effort to
Straighten out the difficulties between
REPRESENTATIVE Reese and Sanator